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If you wish to use the bookmark, print the Read-Aloud Bookmark and fold it lengthwise to form a convenient bookmark.

Preview the Babymouse book and practice using the teacher prompts on the Read-Aloud Bookmark. The economics and financial literacy vocabulary words are italicized. Highlight the prompts and vocabulary words you wish to emphasize.

Familiarize yourself with the unique features of the Babymouse books in order to help your students shift between Babymouse’s real life and fantasy life. The panels that are pink are part of Babymouse’s active imagination. The black and white frames are Babymouse’s real experiences. Use the Babymouse website to search through the book, find games, and learn how to read graphic novels. Print a copy for each student of the Babymouse puppet for Session 1.

Create a vocabulary cube with the Cube Creator, using the following questions for the sides:

What is the vocabulary word?

What is the definition?

Give an example from Babymouse.

Give an example from your own experiences.

Write an interview question you would ask Babymouse using the word.

Write Babymouse’s dialogue/answer using the word.

Prepare draft .rwt files for student pairs working on computers or print copies of Vocabulary Cube if working offline.

Using Trading Cards mobile app, create a sample vocabulary trading card for an economics vocabulary word based on the experiences of Babymouse.